How to Draw a Butterfly Step by Step

Butterflies are a wonderful drawing subject—their wings have a certain pattern that can be reduced to a few rules. Once you know the rules, you can draw a realistic-looking butterfly without any special drawing skills.

How to Draw a Butterfly Step by Step

In this tutorial I will show you how to draw a monarch butterfly step by step, right from scratch. You can also modify my method to draw any other butterfly!

Before You Start

But what is it, this monarch butterfly? Let’s take a look before we start drawing: